Wichita eagle., 1887-11-19

had not only heard OF Wichita, but
every one of them desired to see the
famous Great Arkansas Valley.
Hog crop statistics given by the depart
ment of agriculture show the hog supply
to be below what it has been for three
previous years, in the great swine and
corn growing states. From this it is in
ferable that hogs will command good
prices for another year at least. The
great scarcity of feed would by natural
law hold prices up. This point comes
up in our thought: 4 great many farm
ers know these facts by reading the re-
ports sent out by compiiers. Others rea-
son that pork will be valuable because
corn is scarce; but many of these DO
not know that hogs are also consid-
cred short. Now how many men
give thought enough to what they
learn to live it out in action: How many
when the higher prices is on are ready;
and when down have nothing to sell?
Statistics are valuable only 50 far ds we
make use of their pointers; and to get
the best ones it takes more than a casual
glance. The naked statement is not all,
but all other things bearing ON it must
be considered But because hogs will
DO well for another year it does not
follow that all farmers should rush 10
hogs, but rather let those that are in the
hog business increase their efforts.
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The killing of Deputy Revenue Col
lector Baldwin by Col. Tom Green at
Lexington, KY, Wednesday, is another
notable incident in the career of the
latter. The last previous to the killing
mentioned was his participation in the
celebrated Hargis contest case in which
he championed the opposition to Judge
Hargis qualifying and taking his seat
upon the bench OF the Kentucky court
of appeals. The ground of the Opposi-
ton lay in alleged irregularities IL the
election in which Hargis was accused of
after the vote was taken. Green at that
time was publishing a paper at Mays
vile. KY, and so bitter was his denun-
citation of Hargis through his paper that
many believed it would result in a CON
ict between the two. However, Judge
Hargis prevailed before the courts in the
contest case and the affair was allowed
to gradually die out of the public mind.
Col Green is hard of hearing, which
makes him appear somewhat eccentric;
but while he is an unrelenting, persistent
foe when aroused, he is, socially, as
affidle and mild-mannered as the most
amiable Of Kentucky colQnels.
Mr.. Taylor, of Kansas City, Mo-, is a
colored Democrat who was rewarded for
political services by being sent as min
lister to Liberia He has returned home
on leave of absence and is devoting his
energies to decrying the negro republic.
He has written voluminOus report
which in his opinion is sInnier than the
writings of Mark Twain. Liberia, he
says is sight for gods and men. There
is not a horse or COW Or mule or other
useful animal in the republic, nor a car
or cart Or wheelbarrow. But the presi-
dent has a bigger cabinet than Cleveland,
and there is no end of military compan-
les containing each about twenty-seven
officers to two or three privates. There
are only some 1900 voters in the repub-
lie, fully half of whom are Office holders.
And Mr.. Taylor can hardly find words
to express his disgust with the black re-
public and its people. In short, Mr..
Cleveland's black plenipotentiary is an
ass. His own report Shows how unfit he
was for such a mission.
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The Star of Bethlehem it is claimed.
was distinctly observed at Galveston, at
midday. near the sun, on the 10th inst.-tX.
Galveston is a long way behind the
times in the astronomical phenomenon
mentioned. The same satellite was OBJ
served and admired by hundreds of peo-
pie on the streets of Wichita more than